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Josh Huber <huber+dated+1028587986.de2d4e@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> The tragedy of the commons seems to rely on the fact that there are
> limited resources, and once these resources are used, they are no
> longer available.  I don't think this is the case with bandwidth.

It is the case with bandwidth, but more importantly, it is the case
with the time humans spend replying to confirmation requests.  But a
well-written autoconfirmer would take care of that.


paul